Now, this isn't a plea for reassurance or attention seeking, unlike the writer of some bloody disturbing blog that I just now unfortunately stumbled upon (poor girl, but solution lies within herself, I should know). I am just stating the truth, and I relish admitting it. Why though? Well here's the answer and you wouldn't be reading this posting if you really aren't interested, so here goes.

I am having such a good laugh at the moment, and it is strange. I am enjoying myself and having this much fun from reading. That is nothing unusual, but the books are by Christopher Buckley, the political satirist. I absolutely adore comedies and things that make a person laugh, hey it's much harder to do than making them cry I tell you. But politics and I don't mix, and if I had my way, most politicians are just over fed and incapable of giving a straight answer, not really living in the real world, but again, we're back to this, what do I know at the end of the day?? Back to the book!!

Christopher Buckley wrote the book that eventually became "Thank you for Smoking". I was not impressed by the film at all, but at the time when I watched the film and busy feeling underwhelmed, the thought in my head was, "man this would make an amazingly funny book, smart too." Lo' and behold, he's written quite a body of work. See, being a literary snob and being quite stupid at the same time, my knowledge of contemporary writers are rather limited, especially wonderful Contemporary American writers. It followed that I would have absolutely no clue who the writer was. I got onto this blog almost straight away after finishing his "Boomsday" (of a lady who is not even 30, has a successful career in PR, an avid blogger, whose blogs consist a primary concern. The financial situation, the mounting debts of the country and the solutions. What she proposes on her blog was for all the baby boomer generations to all committe suicide - or 'voluntary transitioning' at the time they hit 60. Due to her fantastic growing popularity, the government and White House and all sorts of senators, religious leaders etc. all come into play).

Oh yes, the book puts me right in the mind to blog and blog and blog away. At the same time, i also know that I am right this moment rambling, and actually have nothing interesting or useful to say. I can only hope that whoever manages to hold onto their patience and read through this blog (with what must be a high number of spelling and grammatical mistakes, but I am too exhilarated by the fun I had from this book to worry too much about that), have a look at this book if I somehow managed to convince you in this whirlwind of confused linguistic faux pas, or I hope that you're reading/doing/drawing/painting something that is also making you laugh and giving you a rather sinful amount of fun